Using Bower without minified files

I maintain an open source project, noUiSlider. One of the recurring issues has been the absence of minified/compiled files in the repository, even though Bowers guidelines claim this should not be required.

Committing all files is a pain, as it obfuscates actual changes and hides them behind a ton of other files that didn't really change. I went on a search for a solution.

This issue has been bugging other maintainers as well, and I soon stumbled upon a Github issue discussing the release-workflow of the 'Chosen' project.

To summarize, it suggests adding a release path to bower.json, instead of the actual dependency: